Internationally adopted children: A new challenge for pediatricians

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-62

  Cataldo, F ^a,b   Accomando, S ^a   Porcari, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Aiuto Materno   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; International adoptions; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADOPTED CHILD; ADOPTION; ADOPTIVE PARENT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD NEGLECT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EASTERN EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; ORPHANAGE; PEDIATRICIAN; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADOPTION; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHILD; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EUROPE, EASTERN; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNATIONALITY; ITALY; LATIN AMERICA; MEDICAL RECORDS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 33646253904     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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